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Zeffirelli’s ‘Otello’, From Stage to Screen (1986 Television)

Producer

David Sweetman

Television documentary on the making of Zeffirelli’s OTELLO and the problems of adapting Verdi’s opera for the cinema. There is comment from Zeffirelli and others involved in the film.

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Sir John in Love (2006 Radio)

Series

Opera on 3

Director

Ian Judge

Radio broadcast of Ian Judge’s 2006 revival of Vaughan Williams’ rarely performed opera, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. With Andrew Shore (baritone, Falstaff), Jean Rigby (mezzo,...

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Macbeth (1977 Television)

Series

Lively Arts: In Performance

Director

Brian Large

Verdi’s Macbeth with Norman Bailey and Patricia Johnson in the title roles. The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the London Philharmonic Orchestra are conducted by Robin Stapleton. Introduced by Robin Ray.

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Falstaff - Live from the Royal Opera House (1999 Radio, Television)

Director

Humphrey Burton

Producer

Susan Judd

Verdi’s opera in a production by Graham Vick and directed for television by Humphrey Burton. The Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Bernard Haitink. Introduced for television by James...

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Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1937 Radio)

Director

Ernst Schoen

Radio broadcast of scenes from Otto Nicolai’s opera. The BBC Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by George Knepler, with Ernst Schoen as director. The opera is performed in English, translation by D....

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Verdi - The Director’s Cut (2011 Television)

Director

Graham Vick

Documentary following Graham Vick through six months of rehearsals for two productions of operas by Verdi - Aida and Otello. Otello was transmitted in its entirety later the same day. Narrated by Samuel West.

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Verdi’s Othello (2011 Television)

Director

Graham Vick; Peter Maniura

Graham Vick’s production of Verdi’s Otello for the Birmingham Opera Company. The production is set in a former industrial plant and the action unfolds in and around the audience. Ronald Samm is Othello,...

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Macbeth (1997 Radio)

aka: Royal Opera Verdi Festival: Macbeth

Live recording of Verdi’s opera with Anthony Michaels-Moore and Georgina Lukacs as the Macbeths. Edward Downes conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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Falstaff (2002 Video)

Series

Herbert von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video

Director

Herbert von Karajan

Verdi’s opera with Giuseppe Taddei as Falstaff. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and State Opera Chorus are conducted by Herbert von Karajan. The dancers are The Salzburg Landestheater Ballet School and...

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Mme Alda Singing ‘Ave Maria’ By Verdi (1930 Film)

Musical short in which Frances Alda sings the ‘Ave Maria’ from Verdi’s opera Otello.

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